1970 Manchester City wins the European Cup Winners* Cup and the League Cup
Ninth World Cup is held in Mexico; Brazil wins the competition for the third time and wins the Jules Rimet trophy outright. England lost to West Germany 3-2 in the quarter finals
First football song to reach No. I in the charts - ‘Back Home* by the England World Cup squad
Chelsea and Leeds meet in the FA Cup Final and draw; the first draw in a Final at Wembley caused a rematch which Chelsea won
1971 Chelsea wins European Cup Winners’ Cup
1972 UEFA Cup. formally the Fairs Cup, won by Tottenham Hotspur
1973 Liverpool become the first club to win the league title and a European Cup when they win the UEFA Cup
1974 Last FA Amateur Cup Final
League football played on Sunday for the first time
England did not qualify for the tenth World Cup held in West Germany, which was won by the host nation
Football Hooliganism fast becoming known as the ‘English Disease’ after 100 Chelsea fans were arrested for rioting at Luton Town and 50 Manchester United fans were arrested in Stoke on the same day at the beginning of the season
1976 Yellow card introduced
1977 Liverpool win the European Cup for the first time
1978 Liverpool win the European Cup for the second year running
English FA lifts its ban on overseas players
Eleventh World Cup competition held in Argentina and England failed to qualify again - the host team won
Viv Anderson becomes the first player of Afro-Caribbean origin in the England squad in a match against Czechoslovakia
1979 First ? 1.000,000 transfer sees Trevor Francis move from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest wins the European Cup
Liverpool becomes the first league side to wear their sponsors’ name, Hitachi, on their shirts
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